Hey, I’m glad to hear it!
I carry a massive, massive, massive amount of shame around with me largely regarding sharing and admitting to the things that I like - to the point where my shame is like a person sitting behind my eyes judging me and I’ve just named it my Shame Passenger - so reclaiming ‘self-indulgent’ for myself was a really massive step forward. I still have to very consciously pick it up and direct it the other way sometimes, but very often now, it goes that way on its own! I can’t even tell you what a huge change it is for me to draw whatever I want in my sketchbooks and not just shut down the minute I feel like it’s outside of what would be ‘accepted’ for any number of reasons. It’s incredible.
I hope the same happens for you and I’m really glad my post helped.
(And thank you for the comment about my work, that’s very nice of you to say!)